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Will You Watch This Bizarre--and Very Disturbing--New Documentary on Extreme Eating Disorders?

Think you've heard it all on eating disorders? Maybe not. A new six-part documentary from E! airs in October and, honestly, the subject matter is so disturbing, I wondered: Will you watch it, and do you support shows that look into the private lives of people who are suffering in such extreme ways?

I'm definitely in favor of lifting the guise on eating disorders, and documentaries are a great way to understand the spectrum of disorders that make up the frightening world of eating disorders ... but ... here's my question: Is an extreme show like "What's Eating You," which E! plans to debut on October 13 really beneficial?

Here's some info from a press release I got about the six-part documentary: "From bizarre rituals to extreme habits, the worlds of the twelve brave participants will be an open book. From a woman who must put countless packets of artificial sweetener on anything she eats--including burgers and salads--to another who spends hours each day at different fast food restaurants, just to purge privately in a bevy of single-person bathrooms around town, audiences will follow the lives of people whose food behaviors are consuming and threatening their lives. Other stories include: a young man who will chew and swallow an entire pack of gum instead of eating food to feel satiated; a young woman who will eat ant-covered food out of a trash can, only to then purge in whatever she can find--her boots or even her purse; a young man for whom food is “dirty” and who, as a result, has a compulsion to wear rubber gloves before touching anything related to eating; a woman who drowns all of her food in gravy and has found other creative ways to eat around her gastric band and a young mother who wears layers and layers of clothes in the scorching Phoenix sun just to hide a body she feels is “sickly deformed” as a result of her pregnancies. In a particularly heartbreaking case, viewers also are introduced to a woman who was recently homeless and will drive two and a half hours to purchase her comfort food: white chalkboard chalk." What do you think? Will you watch this show? Do you think it will help bring more awareness to eating disorders--or just be a chance to gawk at people who are suffering? P.S. 10 things to never say to your body. And, this actress says the secret to her slim bod is staying hungry--is she sending the wrong message?